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Hey, baby girl.
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Uncle Bernie, I hate
being the youngest.
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When am I going
to be the oldest?
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It don't work that way.
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Well, when am I going
to be older than Jordan?
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It don't work that way, either.
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But that's not fair.
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I know it isn't.
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Okay.
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When you get 11, you'll be able
to be older than Jordan.
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Okay?
Yes!
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Isn't she adorable, America?
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Look how happy she is.
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And maybe I was right.
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Girls do mature faster
than boys.
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Ha. Especially when it comes
to good sense.
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She might be older
than Jordan right now.
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The thing is,
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sometimes you've got
to tell kids
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what they need to hear.
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(glass breaking)
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It best be cleaned up
before I get out there!
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Or somebody will get
their butt whooped.
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See, America?
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They needed to hear that.
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JORDAN:
Uncle Bernie,
popcorn's ready!
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Well, I'm not,
and popcorn don't rule me.
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I'm trying
to pick the right movie.
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VANESSA:
Everybody wants to see
Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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Well, get used
to disappointment.
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Oh, this here.
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Something wrong.
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My Redd Foxx ticket stub.
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Someone stole my Redd Foxx
ticket stub.
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Ugh!
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America, I've been robbed.
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Violated!
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Somebody reached up
and snatched a piece of my past.
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1987, Las Vegas.
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One of the proudest nights
of my life.
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The night I opened up
for Redd Foxx.
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First time my name
was on a marquee.
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Who would do such
a diabolical thing?
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Who would come up in here and...
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rape me?
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VANESSA:
I didn't even
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know you had a dumb stub.
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Red foxes are furry.
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Let me tell you something.
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You start icing your ass
right now, boy, you hear me?
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(sighs)
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JORDAN:
But
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I had to take it.
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It's for a school assignment.
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To steal something
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that don't belong
to you, Jordan?
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No. To put something meaningful
in the time capsule.
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So that when people open it
in 50 years,
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they'll know all about us.
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Us? There ain't no us.
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That stub belong to me.
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They'd be learning
about me.
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Only thing they going to
be learning about you is
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that you're going to be
buried right next to it.
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Now, I want you
to give it back,
you hear me?
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Jordan, why don't you
put something in it of your own?
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But it has to be something
that connects us to the past.
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Like your ticket stub
connects you to Redd Foxx.
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Why don't you
connect something
from your own past?
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Like something
you came here with.
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I didn't come here
with anything.
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Come on now, boy.
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You got off
the plane
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with a bag
full of stuff.
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Uh, that was a shopping bag.
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I know what
it was, honey.
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It was a bag
full of stuff.
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Well, it had clothes in it,
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which we sort of disposed of.
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She burned them.
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(whispering):
You burned them.
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Oh, don't look at me
like that, America.
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They had fleas.
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I had to burn them.
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Either that, or the boy had
to wear a flea collar.
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But see, now I know
why he took my stuff.
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He's just trying
to make some connection
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with his past.
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You know, get a sense
of history.
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See, you know what he needs
right now is a parent.
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Somebody to show him
just a little love.
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Somebody to explain to him
his unfortunate beginnings.
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You know, bring it down
to the level
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where the boy can understand.
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Somebody like...
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like me.
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Jordan?
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I know you want
to have something
from your past.
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But you can't expect
to have anything
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when you don't
come from anything.
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And I know the
truth is hard.
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But the truth is...
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life dealt you
a bad hand,
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and you just got to
play your low pair.
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(sniffling)
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Son, you ain't
the only one that
had it rough.
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Shoot, when I was your age,
I lost my mama.
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My daddy was worse
than yours.
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I don't even remember my daddy.
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That's because he
was out of there, man,
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before you was
potty-trained.
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Four years and out.
Out of there!
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Move on.
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Man up!
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Man up!
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America, that's called
tough love.
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And that's what the boy needed.
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Not some kissy, huggy episode
of Dr. Phil.
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"My daddy wasn't there."
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"I have abandonment issues."
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Please, I'm teaching that boy
how to be a man.
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How to roll with the punches.
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He may miss out
on this school assignment,
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but he'll get an A
from the school of hard knocks.
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That's what I'm talking about.
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School of hard knocks.
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Lesson.
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So, Jesus fell three times
on his way to the crucifixion,
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all the while carrying
a cross on his back
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and wearing a crown of thorns,
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which, I might add,
was very uncomfortable.
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No pain, no gain.
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At least he got
to be the Son of God.
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Jordan, you should be
ashamed of yourself.
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Jesus's
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suffering should not
be taken lightly.
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So he had it rough, big deal.
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Couldn't he just suck it up
like the rest of us?
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I had it rough, too,
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but you don't see people
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hanging little statues of me
over their bed.
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(all gasping)
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Baby, I'm telling you,
the boy's a devil. Look at him.
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I only told them the hard truth
like you told me,
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Uncle Bernie.
How when life
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deals you a rough hand,
you got to play the low pair.
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You said that
about Jesus?
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Just the opposite.
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I was talking
about the boy's father.
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Yeah, how he left us
and doesn't care.
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Oh, Bernie,
you shouldn't have said that.
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Why not?
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It's the truth.
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And I say good
for Uncle Bernie.
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Vanessa.
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What?
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I'm just telling it
like it T-I is.
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(laughs)
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I'm going
to go watch Mr. Ed.
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I'm going to go
talk to the boy.
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Mm-hmm.
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Mr. Ed.
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Boy!
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Boy?
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It brightens.
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Get out those nasty coffee
stains, with Dent-O-Sparkle.
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BERNIE:
Hey.
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(sighs)
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Jordan, I know I
shouldn't have told you
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those things
about your father.
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No, it's fine.
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No, no. I know it hurts.
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No, it doesn't because
he doesn't care about us,
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and I don't care about him.
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Jordan, that's a little strong.
He does care.
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He just doesn't have
what it takes to stick it out.
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No, he doesn't care.
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Because if he cared,
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he wouldn't have left.
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Bet he never even thought
about us again.
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America, see,
you let me push the boy too far.
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But don't worry.
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I'll pull him back in.
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See, this all started
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because Jordan
didn't have something
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to connect him to his past.
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So, I'll just give him something
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and tell him
that it's from his dad.
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You know, something small.
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Valuable.
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You know, one of a kind.
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Maybe just something small.
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This is nice.
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Real nice.
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Hey, man,
I got something for you.
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I don't want
anything.
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Oh, you'll want this.
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This was your dad's.
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This was my dad's?
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Yup.
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My dad had a monocular?
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Not that I know of.
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Oh, yeah, that's what that is.
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Yeah. Yeah, that's what he had.
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Why didn't you give me this
before?
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Well, he asked me to hold it
till your 18th birthday, Jordan,
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but I figured you need it now.
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But why would he want me
to have this?
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Well, actually,
he loved that little doohickey,
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but since you his only son,
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it's only natural
that he pass it down to you
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the same way you pass it
down to your son.
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But what if I have twins?
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Then you gonna
have a dilemma.
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But the point is,
it's a keepsake.
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Now you have something
of your father's,
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and now it belongs to you.
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Aw, thanks,
Uncle Bernie.
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I'm going to go
show Bryana.
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Go ahead, man.
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Well, that
was a choice.
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Unless you got a better one.
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I got the boy happy again.
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Hmm.
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It's like I said before,
America.
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Sometime you got to tell a kid
what they need to hear.
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Give them something
to hold on to.
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So I fabricated a little.
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You do it, too.
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Tell your children
there's a fat man
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who live on the North Pole
to bring them presents.
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I told the boy
his dad had a monocular.
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Uh-huh.
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My lie is this big.
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Hmm.
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Your lie has reindeer.
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So, who's the bull...
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Every year.
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BRYANA:
Can you read it?
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Eight of diamonds.
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Go down three more houses.
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Hey, what are
you doing?
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Testing my dad's monocular.
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Keep on going!
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Hmm.
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Let me see.
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(car honking)
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Oh, Lord!
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Help me.
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Baby girl, get out the
middle of the street.
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BRYANA:
Okay!
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Bryana, bring the cards home,
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then I'll let you use
my monocular
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and look up my nose
and see my brain.
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You know it ain't going
to be much to look at.
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Y'all know that, don't you?
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Oh, no, a flood.
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What?
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00:10:12,988 --> 00:10:15,030
Let me see.
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Ain't no flood.
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All I see is
Miss Bowdin dressing.
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(laughs)
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Her TV is on The
Weather Channel.
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00:10:22,271 --> 00:10:23,446
Oh.
265
00:10:23,523 --> 00:10:24,781
(laughs)
Yeah, Jordan
and friend,
266
00:10:24,857 --> 00:10:26,115
stop peeping.
267
00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:27,250
Mm-hmm.
268
00:10:28,629 --> 00:10:31,162
I bet my dad used this
thing all the time.
269
00:10:31,239 --> 00:10:32,372
I bet he did.
270
00:10:32,448 --> 00:10:33,581
So when did he give it to you?
271
00:10:33,658 --> 00:10:34,874
Um, at a reunion.
272
00:10:34,885 --> 00:10:36,793
You was a little baby.
273
00:10:36,869 --> 00:10:38,803
I think I remember that.
274
00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:44,217
Hmm. This plan of yours comes
with a pretty big shovel.
275
00:10:44,293 --> 00:10:45,243
I know, baby.
276
00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,761
The boy's so
damn inquisitive.
277
00:10:46,838 --> 00:10:48,721
Why he just can't take
a lie at face value?
278
00:10:48,798 --> 00:10:50,890
That's the last
one, I promise.
279
00:10:50,901 --> 00:10:53,643
So, what did my dad
use this monocular for?
280
00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,520
He was a sergeant
in the army.
281
00:10:55,530 --> 00:10:56,896
Well, of course.
282
00:10:56,973 --> 00:10:58,531
That's probably
why he was never around.
283
00:10:58,608 --> 00:10:59,532
Because he was busy
284
00:10:59,609 --> 00:11:00,733
on missions.
285
00:11:00,810 --> 00:11:02,110
Who are you
talking about?
286
00:11:02,186 --> 00:11:04,537
Dad. Uncle Bernie gave me
his monocular.
287
00:11:04,614 --> 00:11:06,906
Sorry, Vanessa,
you can't touch it.
288
00:11:06,983 --> 00:11:08,157
He gave it to me.
289
00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:11,703
Did you know Dad was a sergeant
in the army?
290
00:11:11,779 --> 00:11:13,538
He spied on enemies.
291
00:11:13,614 --> 00:11:15,048
He'd sneak up on them
292
00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:17,550
and say, "Surrender in the name
of the U.S. of A."
293
00:11:17,627 --> 00:11:20,211
Then he'd kick them in the butt
on the way back to base.
294
00:11:20,288 --> 00:11:22,806
I bet his uniform
was covered in medals.
295
00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:25,633
Oh. I'm going to go
on a recon mission.
296
00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:28,386
I'll have a full report
for you later.
297
00:11:28,463 --> 00:11:30,680
Okay, Captain.
298
00:11:30,757 --> 00:11:32,765
You lied to him?
299
00:11:32,842 --> 00:11:35,610
Our dad was never
in the army.
300
00:11:35,687 --> 00:11:36,894
I know that, Nessa,
301
00:11:36,971 --> 00:11:38,479
but it was almost
like he was POW.
302
00:11:38,556 --> 00:11:41,149
He was surrounded by men
with uniforms with guns.
303
00:11:41,225 --> 00:11:43,568
Had he tried to escape,
they'd have shot him.
304
00:11:43,578 --> 00:11:46,204
It's close enough.
305
00:11:47,523 --> 00:11:49,457
Ain't it?
306
00:11:57,342 --> 00:12:00,093
You know,
307
00:12:00,170 --> 00:12:03,471
your Uncle Bernie
didn't mean any harm.
308
00:12:03,548 --> 00:12:05,473
(scoffs)
309
00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:09,969
Okay.
310
00:12:10,046 --> 00:12:14,682
He told Jordan that our
dad was some big war hero.
311
00:12:14,759 --> 00:12:15,850
But he wasn't a hero.
312
00:12:15,861 --> 00:12:18,144
He wasn't anything.
313
00:12:18,221 --> 00:12:21,189
He was just the guy
that left us.
314
00:12:21,265 --> 00:12:22,615
And now Jordan's
running around
315
00:12:22,692 --> 00:12:25,693
thinking that some stupid toy
is going to change that.
316
00:12:25,770 --> 00:12:30,740
You know what? I should
tell him the truth.
317
00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:33,075
And what would that do?
318
00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:38,173
I don't know, but I'm
just so mad at him.
319
00:12:40,210 --> 00:12:44,796
So, who are you
really mad at,
320
00:12:44,872 --> 00:12:49,851
your Uncle Bernie
or your father?
321
00:12:53,589 --> 00:12:54,814
I'm telling you, baby,
322
00:12:54,891 --> 00:12:56,474
Nessa ain't said
not one word to me.
323
00:12:56,551 --> 00:12:57,683
Not one.
324
00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,960
I mean, silence is golden,
325
00:12:58,904 --> 00:13:00,403
but I don't know
if I like it like that.
326
00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,897
Well, honey, you should
try talking to her again.
327
00:13:02,974 --> 00:13:04,048
I tried talking to her.
328
00:13:04,125 --> 00:13:05,691
Every time I try talking
to Nessa,
329
00:13:05,768 --> 00:13:06,901
she walk out of the room.
330
00:13:06,978 --> 00:13:08,611
How I know she had
all those issues
331
00:13:08,688 --> 00:13:10,029
about her daddy?
332
00:13:10,106 --> 00:13:11,739
Wasn't her mama enough?
333
00:13:11,816 --> 00:13:13,416
Why can't she just
hold her feelings inside
334
00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,585
and get high blood pressure
like normal people?
335
00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:17,921
JORDAN:
No!
336
00:13:17,997 --> 00:13:19,789
There go my high blood pressure
right there.
337
00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,082
I'm gonna pop.
338
00:13:21,092 --> 00:13:22,792
I'ma tell you,
I'm gonna pop!
339
00:13:22,869 --> 00:13:24,377
(Jordan sobbing)
340
00:13:24,453 --> 00:13:26,554
Jordan?
341
00:13:28,508 --> 00:13:30,174
What the hell is going
on in here, Jordan?
342
00:13:30,251 --> 00:13:32,885
(sobbing):
Dad's monocular-- it's gone.
343
00:13:32,962 --> 00:13:34,554
I can't find it
anywhere.
344
00:13:34,630 --> 00:13:37,524
It's gone!
345
00:13:42,847 --> 00:13:44,397
America,
why that little knothead
346
00:13:44,473 --> 00:13:47,275
had to go lose his daddy
all over again?
347
00:13:47,351 --> 00:13:48,609
That wasn't part of the plan.
348
00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:49,852
Damn monocular.
349
00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:51,988
Why this stuff always
got to happen to me?
350
00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:56,084
Bernie Mac is a victim
of his own compassion.
351
00:13:57,236 --> 00:13:59,120
Jordan, we'll find it
in the morning.
352
00:13:59,196 --> 00:14:01,038
We'll just retrace
all your steps.
353
00:14:01,115 --> 00:14:02,298
Now how hard can that be?
354
00:14:05,336 --> 00:14:07,545
That's my man.
355
00:14:07,622 --> 00:14:10,239
Come on.
356
00:14:13,937 --> 00:14:15,269
Jordan, you mean to tell me
357
00:14:15,346 --> 00:14:16,846
you spent two hours
playing in the grass?
358
00:14:16,857 --> 00:14:18,014
I was camouflaging myself,
359
00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:20,766
like my dad probably did
in the Gulf War.
360
00:14:20,843 --> 00:14:21,934
You think he ever shot a man?
361
00:14:22,011 --> 00:14:23,987
Oh, I know he did.
362
00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:26,364
(sighs):
A hero.
363
00:14:26,441 --> 00:14:27,815
Yeah.
364
00:14:27,892 --> 00:14:29,191
We've got to find it.
365
00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:31,494
It's my
most valued possession.
366
00:14:33,448 --> 00:14:35,948
Now I know why they call them
"filthy liars."
367
00:14:36,025 --> 00:14:39,035
Look at me, America, I'm filthy.
368
00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:41,996
Well...
Now, if you would excuse me
369
00:14:42,073 --> 00:14:44,081
I have another acre of sod
I must pull up
370
00:14:44,158 --> 00:14:46,792
to find
a fake war hero's monocular.
371
00:14:46,869 --> 00:14:48,336
You know, this is some bull.
372
00:14:48,412 --> 00:14:51,213
You start one lie,
you got to tell another.
373
00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:54,267
That's why I don't lie, America.
374
00:14:55,145 --> 00:14:57,145
Jordan! Jordan!
375
00:14:57,221 --> 00:15:00,431
I'm in here,
Uncle Bernie.
376
00:15:00,508 --> 00:15:02,975
Hey.
377
00:15:03,052 --> 00:15:04,393
What, you hang out
in doghouses?
378
00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:06,354
Well, this is
my headquarters.
379
00:15:06,430 --> 00:15:08,814
I sit here
and I scan the horizon.
380
00:15:08,891 --> 00:15:10,358
Do you think
my dad liked dogs?
381
00:15:10,434 --> 00:15:12,318
Well, I remember one
time in particular
382
00:15:12,395 --> 00:15:13,861
he was surrounded by them.
383
00:15:13,938 --> 00:15:15,321
If I don't find
my dad's monocular,
384
00:15:15,332 --> 00:15:16,998
can we go
to the army surplus store
385
00:15:17,075 --> 00:15:18,574
and get some dog tags made?
386
00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:20,117
Some dog tags?
387
00:15:20,194 --> 00:15:21,827
Yeah, and they can say
"Sergeant Tompkins,"
388
00:15:21,904 --> 00:15:23,755
just like my dad's.
389
00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:27,458
Dog tags?
390
00:15:27,535 --> 00:15:29,752
If he really want to be like
his dad, he should be wearing
391
00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:31,295
a house-arrest monitor
on his ankle.
392
00:15:31,372 --> 00:15:33,848
You know, those little things,
like little pagers.
393
00:15:33,925 --> 00:15:35,049
You know, turn on Cops.
394
00:15:35,126 --> 00:15:37,551
The one I had...
395
00:15:37,628 --> 00:15:39,228
Let's... let's move on.
396
00:15:51,308 --> 00:15:54,369
Something just ain't right.
397
00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:03,586
Somebody been trying
to look at my Pam Grier.
398
00:16:07,917 --> 00:16:12,753
Look like Jordan been trying
to get a close-up look.
399
00:16:12,830 --> 00:16:14,255
Dang.
400
00:16:14,331 --> 00:16:16,841
I don't know whether to be upset
or rejoice.
401
00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:23,806
But the real question is,
what do I do about this?
402
00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:26,776
(sighs)
403
00:16:31,515 --> 00:16:32,940
So you found it?
404
00:16:33,017 --> 00:16:34,358
Yeah.
405
00:16:34,435 --> 00:16:37,453
I guess you're gonna
give it to him, right?
406
00:16:39,157 --> 00:16:40,915
Hop in here for a minute.
407
00:16:40,992 --> 00:16:42,333
Come on.
408
00:16:44,612 --> 00:16:46,620
Look...
409
00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:48,381
Why didn't you just leave
things the way they were?
410
00:16:48,458 --> 00:16:50,032
Why'd you have to go
and lie to Jordan?
411
00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:52,460
I'm just trying to give the boy
something to hold on to, Nessa.
412
00:16:52,536 --> 00:16:55,337
There is nothing about our
father worth holding on to.
413
00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:57,098
Look, I'm sorry
your father hurt you,
414
00:16:57,175 --> 00:16:58,732
and I'm sorry I hurt you.
415
00:16:58,643 --> 00:17:00,435
He might not have been no saint,
but he's still your father.
416
00:17:00,511 --> 00:17:02,470
You probably got a good memory
or two, don't you?
417
00:17:02,546 --> 00:17:05,598
I just remember him leaving.
418
00:17:05,674 --> 00:17:08,017
(sniffles)
419
00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:10,403
Nessa.
420
00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:16,325
Okay, Vanessa,
I'll leave you alone.
421
00:17:18,229 --> 00:17:20,946
He was laughing.
422
00:17:21,023 --> 00:17:23,657
What?
423
00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:27,545
I was about five,
424
00:17:27,622 --> 00:17:30,081
and Jordan
was still a baby.
425
00:17:30,157 --> 00:17:33,667
We were in the tub,
426
00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:37,346
and he was laughing.
427
00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:41,809
See, Nessa, right there,
428
00:17:41,886 --> 00:17:44,312
that's a memory right there.
429
00:17:46,382 --> 00:17:48,641
Your father
may not have stuck around,
430
00:17:48,717 --> 00:17:52,195
but for that one moment
your father was a daddy.
431
00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:54,021
That's a memory that you have.
432
00:17:54,098 --> 00:17:55,823
Jordan don't have that memory,
433
00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:58,275
real or not.
434
00:17:58,352 --> 00:18:00,027
This monocular
is the only thing
435
00:18:00,104 --> 00:18:01,862
to give him something
to hold on to.
436
00:18:01,939 --> 00:18:03,447
Now I ask you,
437
00:18:03,524 --> 00:18:06,417
you sure you want
to take this away from him?
438
00:18:37,975 --> 00:18:40,409
VANESSA:
Jordan, come here.
439
00:18:47,276 --> 00:18:49,076
Look.
440
00:18:49,153 --> 00:18:51,412
(laughs):
Who's that baby
441
00:18:51,488 --> 00:18:52,746
with the pointy head?
442
00:18:52,757 --> 00:18:54,748
You.
443
00:18:54,825 --> 00:18:56,125
Is that our dad?
444
00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:58,794
Yeah, and that's me.
445
00:18:58,871 --> 00:18:59,795
Here.
446
00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:01,505
I can have it?
447
00:19:01,582 --> 00:19:03,591
Yeah, but make sure
you take care of it.
448
00:19:03,667 --> 00:19:05,259
It's the only picture
we have of him.
449
00:19:05,336 --> 00:19:06,468
Thanks.
450
00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:08,179
Uncle Bernie, Aunt Wanda, look.
451
00:19:08,255 --> 00:19:09,555
That's me with the pointy head.
452
00:19:09,632 --> 00:19:12,141
Would you look at that?
453
00:19:12,152 --> 00:19:13,392
That's my dad.
454
00:19:13,469 --> 00:19:14,835
He's very handsome.
455
00:19:14,779 --> 00:19:17,771
Yeah. How come he's not
wearing his army uniform?
456
00:19:17,848 --> 00:19:22,526
Uh, I don't think
he had to wear it every day.
457
00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:25,621
Oh. I'm going to go
put this in a frame.
458
00:19:28,585 --> 00:19:31,961
I am very proud
of you.
459
00:19:33,364 --> 00:19:35,497
What's wrong with you?
460
00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:37,833
Nothing.
461
00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,294
I can't wrap this up in a bow,
America,
462
00:19:40,371 --> 00:19:42,129
because parenting
isn't like that.
463
00:19:42,206 --> 00:19:43,505
It's tricky.
464
00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:45,257
Just when you think
you got it knocked,
465
00:19:45,334 --> 00:19:47,301
that's when
something's gonna trip you up.
466
00:19:47,378 --> 00:19:49,011
See, Jordan had a problem.
467
00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:50,188
I did the best I could.
468
00:19:50,264 --> 00:19:51,805
I didn't have the answers.
469
00:19:51,882 --> 00:19:54,683
I gave him a monocular
and some nice stories.
470
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:58,112
But Nessa,
she did what I couldn't do.
471
00:19:58,189 --> 00:20:00,648
She gave him something real.
472
00:20:00,724 --> 00:20:02,983
And I'm proud of her, too.
473
00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:05,152
You go, girl.
474
00:20:05,229 --> 00:20:07,947
Nessa. Mm.
475
00:20:07,957 --> 00:20:09,865
In a world where good
battles evil...
476
00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:13,502
where the past defines
the future...
477
00:20:14,738 --> 00:20:17,581
That was a nice thing
you did for your brother.
478
00:20:17,658 --> 00:20:20,417
Yeah. I mean, I figured
I could give up my picture,
479
00:20:20,494 --> 00:20:22,720
'cause I'm sure
my dad left something for me.
480
00:20:22,797 --> 00:20:25,422
You know, like those suede boots
with the skinny heels
481
00:20:25,499 --> 00:20:27,007
we saw at the mall?
482
00:20:27,084 --> 00:20:29,176
Nice try.
483
00:20:29,253 --> 00:20:31,095
I had to give it a shot.
484
00:20:31,171 --> 00:20:32,355
You did.
485
00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:34,523
Did it work?
486
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,654
We'll see.
487
00:20:41,724 --> 00:20:44,358
I can't lie to you, America.
488
00:20:44,435 --> 00:20:46,869
I might get her those boots.
489
00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:49,497
I might.
490
00:20:52,943 --> 00:20:55,327
Action!
491
00:20:55,404 --> 00:20:58,247
(growling)
492
00:20:58,258 --> 00:21:00,749
(laughter)
493
00:21:00,826 --> 00:21:02,751
So I guess you found
it then, right?
494
00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:04,253
Oh, don't go in there.
495
00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,964
You want to let it
air out a little bit.
496
00:21:07,041 --> 00:21:10,092
(laughter)
497
00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:12,428
A Camera Only. Marker.
498
00:21:12,504 --> 00:21:13,721
Who's that baby
with the ugly bed?
499
00:21:13,797 --> 00:21:14,972
Ugly pointy head?
500
00:21:15,049 --> 00:21:17,692
Who's that ugly baby
with the pointy head?
501
00:21:17,768 --> 00:21:19,860
Man, that's the
one who pooted.
502
00:21:22,931 --> 00:21:25,074
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